I had the best run of my life today. No, it wasn’t bright and sunny, nor was it on some gorgeous mountain trail. It did, however, involve rain, wind, thunder, lighting, more lighting, dime-sized hail, flooded trails and roads, mud, more lightning (now striking a few hundred feet from me), fog, an unreasonable number of catcalls (apparently running in a tornado in a sports bra is sexy), a green-tinted sky behind me, and several Real Live Tornadoes touching down where I’d been running about half an hour earlier. I briefly chatted with an older marathoner man who was as gleefully unconcerned about the warning sirens as I was. Ended my run by being temporarily taken in by a group of friendly engineers (who had a live feed from the storm chaser) and then fairly sprinted the last mile and a half home. Finished up with some strides outside my building to the amusement/puzzlement of the groups of students crowded around the lower-level windows. 15 easy miles of pure exuberance. I was smiling so widely at the end.  :)

like if you absolutely love running as much as I do!